Sharing Beatrice A Luna To Her Stepbrothers by Alexis Dee

Maura's POV:

I was dragged back to home after dad left me all injured. He didn't even let me take a breather and asked me to follow him home. The blood had dried up on my body, and my wounds were aching.

I basically crawled behind him. And since it was too dark, Dad got the benefit, and nobody spotted me in that state. Even if they had, they wouldn't say a word. Nobody wanted to mess with my father, as he would make their lives hell.

"Go change and cook for me," dad said as soon as we entered the house.

I mustered all the strength I could to rush upstairs and shut my bedroom door.

"Ah!" I winced in pain when taking off my clothes and walking under the shower.

I knew only a shower could help calm my bruised body.

"I am sorry, Zane. But we cannot be together," I whispered under the shower, preparing myself to reject Zane's offer. I wasn't even allowed to be seen with him.

It wasn't that I hadn't thought of running away from my house. I just didn't know if I could trust Zane. If a father could treat his daughter like that, anybody could. How can I trust Zane when I can' t even trust my own father?

the water until I began to feel like I was being

to my

and look in the direction of the door. That's when I spotted my father standing in my room and watching me with a nasty grin covering his lips. It was the horror of seeing him that made me push

here?" I yelled, sticking to the corner

and admiring how beautiful she is now that she has grown up." He whispered, taking

his hungry eyes. But that's what confused him, and I was able to kick him out of my bathroom. I locked the door and blocked it with my body weight while I sobbed at the top of my lungs.

take care of your father's simplest desires?" He yelled from

made a duplicate key to my room

be my father, a father would never look at his daughter like that." I was screaming and crying when I heard the

into my clothes and walked out of the bathroom

everything! I will see how he survives without me," I was muttering and packing my clothes. I knew for a fact he will be gone for drinking so I could leave without getting caught. And by the time

Once I was halfway downstairs, I heard some noises coming from the basement. A frown covered my forehead because I didn't recall ever going into the basement. I stood on the staircase when my father suddenly appeared out of the basement. I hid away from him while watching him lock the basement door and then fix

them has to satisfy my thirst. They cannot just live here and act like they own the place," he was talking to himself. I could tell he was pretty drunk, but that didn't matter to me. My entire attention was on the basement and what he was doing there, and what did he mean by one of us?

making his way to

stood motionless for another few minutes before I dropped my bag and strolled in the direction of

to the storage room and grabbing an axe to break down the lock. But